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		<title>Goodbye</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 10:57:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Fuzzy Logic</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:09:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kevin Clash holds a rare distinction &#8211; a man famous throughout the world, beloved by children, yet able to walk down the street completely unrecognised. An unassuming 50-something from Baltimore, Clash is the man who gives voice and movement to Elmo, the plush red monster who has become the latter day star of Sesame Street, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thethumbcast.com&amp;blog=26389786&amp;post=8988256063&amp;subd=thethumbcastblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Burger Restaurant At The End Of The Universe</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:03:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Regular listeners to the podcast may remember we talked a wee bit back about the legendary Buck Rogers Burger Station. For those who missed it, or who haven&#8217;t heard of this minor miracle of culinary marvel, it was a burger bar in Glasgow back in the days when burger bars were a rarity.  The pilot [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thethumbcast.com&amp;blog=26389786&amp;post=8988256059&amp;subd=thethumbcastblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Lair Raid Precautions</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 19:21:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Iain Hepburn</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[gareth evans]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[the raid]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The red-band trailer for Gareth Evans' The Raid got everyone talking - but does it live up to the hype, or punch itself out?<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thethumbcast.com&amp;blog=26389786&amp;post=8988256055&amp;subd=thethumbcastblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Any old fucker with an Equity card</title>
		<link>http://thethumbcast.com/2012/02/11/any-old-fucker-with-an-equity-card/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2012 22:01:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Mark Gatiss]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Interesting news this morning after Mark Gatiss let slip (sort of) on Graham Norton&#8217;s radio show that he was working on a drama about the origins of Doctor Who. Now this shouldn&#8217;t necessarily come as a shock in itself.  After all, it&#8217;s not that long ago that the BBC screened the magnificent Road to Coronation [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thethumbcast.com&amp;blog=26389786&amp;post=8988256047&amp;subd=thethumbcastblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A glimpse of Tomorrow</title>
		<link>http://thethumbcast.com/2012/02/10/tomorrow-people-1992-pilot/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:29:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Iain Hepburn</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[the sarah jane adventures]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[With its big name celeb guest stars (hello to Christopher Lee), cliffhanger thrills and alien weirdness, the CITV version of The Tomorrow People is like the Sarah Jane Adventures 15 years too early...<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thethumbcast.com&amp;blog=26389786&amp;post=8988256042&amp;subd=thethumbcastblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Space 1999 reboot is in safe hands&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://thethumbcast.com/2012/02/10/space-1999-reboot-is-in-safe-hands/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:51:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Thumbcast</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the people that brought you the remake of The Prisoner, and the reboot of V, comes a new reimagining of Gerry and Sylvia Anderson&#8217;s Space: 1999. We can&#8217;t wait&#8230; Filed under: TV<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thethumbcast.com&amp;blog=26389786&amp;post=8988256037&amp;subd=thethumbcastblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Bernard Quatermass&#8217; Wonders of the Universe</title>
		<link>http://thethumbcast.com/2012/02/10/bernard-quatermass-wonders-of-the-universe/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:28:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As if to prove there really are no new ideas in television these days, it turns out that the legendary British horror/sci-fi advenures of Professor Bernard Quatermass are next on the schedule for updating. Nigel Kneale&#8217;s iconic 50/60s/70s scientist has been given a fresh lick of paint before, of course, when BBC Four aired a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thethumbcast.com&amp;blog=26389786&amp;post=8988256032&amp;subd=thethumbcastblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Fear of Phanny</title>
		<link>http://thethumbcast.com/2012/02/09/star-wars-phantom-menace-3d-review/</link>
		<comments>http://thethumbcast.com/2012/02/09/star-wars-phantom-menace-3d-review/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:16:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Iain Hepburn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There was a collective shrug of apathy when it was announced that The Phantom Menace, and not A New Hope, would be the first of the Star Wars saga to make the transition to the new circular polarized 3D cash cow&#8230;sorry, format. It’s not like The Phantom Menace has a lot going for it anyway [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thethumbcast.com&amp;blog=26389786&amp;post=8988256025&amp;subd=thethumbcastblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The most sensational inspirational celebrational&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://thethumbcast.com/2012/02/07/the-muppets-2011-revie/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:29:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Iain Hepburn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There’s enough slapstick and silliness in The Muppets to keep all but the most junior of cinema goers entertained - ,but this is a film aimed squarely at the  30-something parents who grew up with the Muppets on the small and big screen.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thethumbcast.com&amp;blog=26389786&amp;post=8988256020&amp;subd=thethumbcastblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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